diff --git a/playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/run.yaml b/playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/run.yaml
index fb79517e9..308c7185d 100644
--- a/playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/run.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@
     - name: Run build containers tasks
       include_role:
         name: build-containers
+
+    - name: Fail job if it's configured
+      fail:
+        msg: >-
+          Job has finished successfully, but forced to fail by force_job_failure variable
+      when: force_job_failure|default(false)|bool
diff --git a/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/run-v3.yaml b/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/run-v3.yaml
index d1cfe97ae..09a394834 100644
--- a/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/run-v3.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/tripleo-buildimages/run-v3.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
   - name: Run image build using the build-images role
     include_role:
       name: oooci-build-images
+
+  - name: Fail job if it's configured
+    fail:
+      msg: >-
+        Job has finished successfully, but forced to fail by force_job_failure variable
+    when: force_job_failure|default(false)|bool